ICE agent charged in Minneapolis Operation Metro Surge shooting
Hennepin County prosecutors charged ICE agent Christian Castro with four counts of second-degree assault with a deadly weapon and one count of falsely reporting a crime for the January shooting of Venezuelan immigrant Julio Sosa-Celis in north Minneapolis. Castro shot Julio Sosa-Celis during an attempted immigration arrest tied to Operation Metro Surge, and Sosa-Celis survived the nonfatal incident. The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office issued a nationwide arrest warrant and filed the case in district court, announced by County Attorney Mary Moriarty. Castro is the second ICE agent criminally charged in Minnesota connected to Operation Metro Surge, an uncommon prosecution that raises questions about the operation’s tactics and accountability.
Minnesota's "Hennepin County Attorney’s Office issued a nationwide arrest warrant on Monday for the ICE agent who allegedly shot a Venezuelan immigrant in north Minneapolis during Operation Metro Surge and then lied about the circumstances that led to the shooting."
Ryan Goodman1792/ The Trump administration still has not provided state/local investigators with even basic information in Renee Goode and Alex Pretti killings. "Think about how unprecedented that is,” County Attorney Moriarty added. “The federal government won’t even give us the identification of the shooters.”
Joey3Now do Renee and Alex's shooters!
Chris⚖️Justice2Felon Trump's Terrorists Abuse of Power & People Over Misdemeanors or Less
retired-n-happy.bsky.social2Good, now do Jonathan Ross and those who murdered Alex Pretti..
I don't know how much it broke through to people who weren't on the ground in the Twin Cities during Metro Surge, but ICE agents were so horned up for violence that they did shit like shoot through closed doors and into childrens' bedrooms. It was all a power fantasy come to life for them.
![“One of the things [the BCA] does is it put rods through the bullet holes,” Moriarty said, adding that the bullet went “in-and-out” of Sosa-Celis’ thigh and kept moving. “[The bullet] goes through the front door, it goes through a closet and then the child’s room, it hits and you can see it in the child’s room, bulging. It stopped in the wall. You can see the protrusion there. You can see how dangerous this was.”
A lawyer for one of the residents of this north Minneapolis duplex examines damage, including a bullet hole, to an interior bedroom reportedly sustained Jan. 14 when a federal agent fired his weapon toward a Venezuelan man following an alleged assault outside. The fragment apparently traveled past a portable crib and a mattress in a room where several small children sleep. (Provided)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ccm7gttkbfs2eyyrlpshmeun/bafkreibpaxndngi6vgk66bonb5behqnj6v663nyzpo2idaveawzju6siki)
Edward Vogel5So doesn't this make two fugitive ICE agents for Minnesota now? If out of state LE won't arrest them on the issued warrants how do we get them to trial in Minnesota?
Ethan4Kind of shocking that at least one DFL candidate for county attorney wants to “end the Moriarty era on day 1”. Anders Folk believes this is a waste of time
The Jack of Kingfield3I am absolutely gearing up rage for a suburban relative or acquaintance to say “ice being here wasn’t that big a deal” this summer
Birdpoof2There was that one video where you could hear an ICE agent happily comparing murders to a video game.
bowie deschanel2People probably remember this as the shovel incident (in which no shovels were actually involved)
Christian Castro, an ICE agent in Minnesota, is facing criminal charges for shooting a Venezuelan immigrant in January. It’s time to charge the agents who murdered Renee Good & Alex Pretti. DHS shut down the investigation into both crimes, but we know what we saw. We won’t forget:
Billy Jarrett3This is really new legal territory they exploring. They probably picked what they thought were lower profile cases with strong evidence. They will likely come back for Pretti and Good once they are more confident of winning. They only get one shot at each.
Deb2It would be my hope that until his trial he would be confined in one of Trump‘s famous concentration camps, and be afforded all of the luxuries that the immigrants that he detained and sent there! On a sidenote, more than 90% of them have never been charged with something this serious!
The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office has filed charges against Christian Castro, an ICE agent, in the shooting of Julio Sosa-Celis in north Minneapolis on Jan. 14, 2026. He has been charged with four counts of second-degree assault and one count of falsely reporting a crime.
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty8For more information about what next steps may look like, tune in to this video explaining what steps are required for state agencies to prosecute federal agents: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vj1F...
Gary Wright II2It's long past time to hold these folks accountable for their actions. THANK YOU!!! ⚖️
State prosecutors on Monday charged an ICE agent with assault in the January shooting of a Venezuelan immigrant in Minneapolis, an incident that sparked violent protests at the height of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. (cont.) www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/u...
RoseMarie3The identity of the agent accused of firing the shot, Christian Castro, 52, had not been disclosed until Monday. Mr. Castro was charged with four counts of second-degree assault, a felony, and one count of falsely reporting a crime, a misdemeanor.
Mabinogi622Defense:....it wasn't me! It was that other masked secret police thug over there!
